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The first author to describe retinal haemorrhages in newborn infants was L. Königstein in the year 1881. All later investigators up to the 1920s gave Königstein the credit for the first description. Since then opinion is split into two different groups. Only a few continue to cite Königstein — which is correct — (Powelett and Townes, 1948; Candian, 1949; Grassi and Musini, 1950; Yoshioka, 1954; Schwartz, 1961; Yohidta et al, 1961; Veinbaum, 1967;Wierhake, 1971).
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von Barsewisch, B. (1979). The First Observation. In: Perinatal Retinal Haemorrhages. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81302-3_2
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